MiniGPS User Manual v1.7.1
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1. 2 Interface Mini GPS has 5 function pages Each page has its own feature Now introduce Mini GPS depends on each page in the following The default function page is Status and About The user can press CTRL ALT S for the function pages on off 2 1 Status Page Status Page shows the status of the GPS receiver After set up com port and baud rate NMEA message would translate into the GPS status of Mini GPS Users could know the time position of receiver signal level of receiver and so on Status Page also offers TTFF commands to use User could verify the performance of receiver via these commands F aa Mini GPS f w AXN_2 10_ _ Status About Status Setup Channel Test About Date 2011 9 21 m Date 2011 9 21 Time 1 38 39 000 i mee B ime 53511000 Lat N 23 11866 ae ae Lat oN 23118719 Lon E120 27400 fi 25 N a Lon E 12027400 Alt 24 85m f f Saers Alt 308m Fix Type 30 DGPS wp lt ae S Fix Type 30 DGPS Spd km hr 0 0 i a ee D Spd kmhr 0 0 Track 141 87 le Y j ae 3 Track oo POOP 1 6 Re va PDOP 18 HOOP 1 0 ee HDOP 0 9 VDOP 1 3 VDOP 15 774 m 6 ii 143 14619 Fd A yH g E e 71 16 fF 7 20 244 20 JA g2 Hot Start Warm Start Cold Start Hat Start Warm Start Cold Start Comport Cornpart coma 15200 Close come fitse00 gt Close i Auta Det The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed2. The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed reproduced or any other format without prior permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 hitp www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 4 Mini GPS User Manual Rev AO1 4 fF 6 11 1f 19 20 4 28 B 42 28 7 191117 43224 8 20420 00 0 o NMEA mode Channel mode There are 2 modes here NMEA mode and Channel mode Blue bar means it is NMEA mode Red bar means it is Channel mode Users could double click CNR chart to change mode In NMEA mode CNR means the signal level of SV The number under CNR chart is the PRN of SV In channel mode CNR chart will show the status of internal channels Since the view of CNR chart is too small users couldn t view total SV once Click mouse could view the other channel status 2 1 4 TTFF Command Hot Stark Wam Start Cold Start Force GPS receiver to do Hot Start Warm Start and Cold Start via these command buttons 2 1 5 Message Bar Cald start 374 sects The count seconds for Hot Start Warm Start or Cold Start The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed reproduced or any other format without prior
3. permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 hitp www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 5 Mini GPS User Manual Rev AO1 2 1 6 Auto Detect This function supports to find which COM Port and baud rate is used currently User chooses the COM Port and baud rate then press the scan The Detect Time is 2000 ms recommended i F e mn aa Mini GPS 2 lt NMEA Comport x Status Setup Channel Test About ComPort a COMI Select All PAEA C COM2 Lat oe GL ar None Alt Fis Type Spd km hr Track PDOP HDOP YDUOP Baudrate wi Select All 57600 Select Al 115200 Hone Detect Time 2000 ome Comport COM3 115200 Open Auto Detect Scan Cancel 2 2 Setup Page Mini GPS also could change the setting of GPS receivers For example the type or output frequency of NMEA sentences Fix Update Rate NMEA baud rate and WAAS settings Mini GPS could log NMEA sentences further BEE Status Setup Channel Test About NMEA Output Settings auf awc v esam espi saat i 2D 0 MCHN E eee ee Default Query Confirm 15 0 Fis Update Rate B audrate i Set Query 38400 l Set DGPS
4. C SBASWAAS JEGNOS MS45 ATCM ie Disable RTECH Baudrate 5600 Query Set D atum NMEA Loq 0 Ww 051984 Interna Query Set GPGS 3 2 12 24 40 32 7 4506 55 203 435 07 25 296 45 A GPQ5 V3 3 12 04 15 127 40 09 07 185 27 04 041 392 GPRMC 044236 000 4 2446 3746 M 12101 3707 E 0 00 GPVTG 182 66 7 M40 002 N 0 0046 A S0 hgt s gt The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed reproduced or any other format without prior permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 hittp www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 6 Mini GPS User Manual Rev AO1 2 2 1 NMEA Message Type NMEA Output Settings aufi MCI vTG 1 asaji asfi GGA 1 Zaz bandwith ZD4 0 MCHN O 1 Hz Default Query Confirm 15 0 There are 8 NMEA sentences could be set Besides MCHN sentences all of them are standard sentences of NMEA 0183 MCHN is a MTK NMEA sentence which shows the internal status of GPS channels If users want to know the status of channels they have to enable MCHN Section 2 1 3 Section2 3 The number beside NMEA type is the output frequency The value is larger the frequency is slower For examp
5. Mini GPS User Manual Fa be J an Rev A0O1 2 3 Channel Page The page provides channel information User needs to set MCHN of NMEA sentence setting in Setup Page first Status Setup Channel Test About a 20 4 Tracking 7 44 Tracking 19 32 Tracking 1 44 Tracking 17 4 Tracking E fa WF Tracking 32 42 Tracking 4 Tracking 4 Tracking 4 Tracking Tracking Idle Idle Idle Idle Idle Idle Idle Idle Idle Idle Idle Idle DJ co D D D D i0 D D D D D D D D I 2 4 Test Page In general situation user does not need to set any setting of this page Please contact us for more details if you have any question The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed reproduced or any other format without prior permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 hitp www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 9 Mini GPS User Manual Rev AO1 2 5 About Page User could know the version of Mini GPS and firmware here a Mini GPS fiw AXN_2 10__ f Status Setup Channel Test About MEDIATEK Mint GPS Version 1 7 1 2010 March Copyright C 2006 MediaTek Ine Kernel Yerision Firmw
6. reproduced or any other format without prior permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 hitp www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 3 Mini GPS User Manual Rev AO1 Sky Chart shows the constellation of SV stands for the SV with PRN 8 If the position of SV is near the center of sky chart the elevation angle of SV is closed to 90 On the other hand SV is near the horizon Besides character N means north direction whose azimuth angle is 0 The azimuth angle increases clockwise the range is from 0 to 359 A satellite is soread depends on its azimuth also 2 1 2 GPS Status Date 2017 9771 Time 1 42 25 000 Lat N 23 11867 Lon E 120 27400 Alt 252m Fis Type 30 DGPS Spd krmhr 0 0 Track 147 9 POOF I7 HOOF 1 0 YOOF 1 3 The status of receiver which includes time position speed and so on Time is UTC time and the unit of latitude and longitude is degree only Altitude is the height based on WGS84 Datum PDOP HDOP and VDOP are the DOP Dilution Of Precision based on position horizontal position and vertical position separately DOP is often used to measure user position accuracy The value of DOP is larger the accuracy of position is worse
7. Mini GPS User Manual Rev AO1 Mini GPS v1 7 1 User Manual The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed reproduced or any other format without prior permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 http www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 1 Mini GPS User Manual Rev AO1 bate mAr Rev aw i _ The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed reproduced or any other format without prior permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 http www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 2 Mini GPS User Manual Rev AO1 1 Overview Mini GPS is a tool which helps people to view the status of GPS receiver more con veniently Mini GPS is also an interface between people and GPS receivers and could change the setting of GPS receivers For example know the version of firmware enable SBAS correction change NMEA sentence baud rate fix update rate and so on
8. are Version Version AXN 210 3339 11090901 0920 Internal Code 2 3 1 Firmware Version After pressing the Query button Mini GPS will show the version of firmware AXN_2 10_ 3339 11090911 is the Kernel Version of MTK chip The Internal Code is made by GlobalTop for firmware control The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed reproduced or any other format without prior permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 hitp www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 10
9. ecrease the speed of baud rate Mini GPS will check the RS232 bandwidth also If the throughput of NMEA is over the bandwidth it is prohibited to change the baud rate 2 2 4 DGPS Enable Disable DGPS SBASMVAASYEGNOS MSA5 C ATCM f Disable RICM Baudrate 9600 Duer Set GPS receiver could collect the correction data from SBAS satellites or some aiding sources Users could enable DGPS function and then GPS receiver will fix more accurately Take SBAS for example after enabling SBAS function users could see a SV whose PRN number is larger than 32 if receiver acquire the signal from SBAS satellite By the way GPS receiver will acquire the SBAS satellite after fixing 2 2 5 NMEA Log NMEA Log Mini GPS could record NMEA sentences also 2 2 6 Datum atum 0 WGS1984 Interna Guen Set The GPS chip of MTK supports more than 200 Datum Users could choice their own coordinate system User also can contact us for more details of Datum The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed reproduced or any other format without prior permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 hitp www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 8 etop
10. le under the setting of 1 Hz fix update rate 1 means output this sentence per second 5 means output 1 time every 5 seconds Mini GPS will check the RS232 bandwidth also If the throughput of NMEA is over the bandwidth it is prohibited to update NMEA settings 2 2 2 Fix Update Rate Fix Update Rate T Set Quen In general GPS receiver output NMEA sentences once per second If users want to use GPS in special case ex racing car Mini GPS could increase the fix update rate the maximum value is 10 It means output NMEA sentences every 100 millisecond Mini GPS will check the RS232 bandwidth also If the throughput of NMEA is over the bandwidth it is prohibited to update the setting of fix update rate 2 2 3 Baud rate Baudrate 38400 al If the throughput of NMEA sentences is over the RS232 bandwidth users could increase the baud rate speed User may want to meet the baud rate setting of GPS tool it is possible to The document is the exclusive property of GlobalTop Tech Inc and should not be distributed reproduced or any other format without prior permission of GlobalTop Tech Inc Specifications subject to change without prior notice GlobalTop Tech Inc 16 Nan ke 9 Rd Science based Industrial Park Tainan 741 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 6 5051268 Fax 886 6 5053381 hitp www gtop tech com email sales gtop tech com Copyright 2011 GlobalTop Tech Inc All right reserved 7 Mini GPS User Manual Rev AO1 d
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